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Numbers 18 Berean Standard Bible
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1 So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood.
1 Y JEHOVÁ dijo á Aarón: Tú y tus hijos, y la casa de tu padre contigo, llevaréis el pecado del santuario: y tú y tus hijos contigo llevaréis el pecado de vuestro sacerdocio.
2 But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony.
2 Y á tus hermanos también, la tribu de Leví, la tribu de tu padre, hazlos llegar á ti, y júntense contigo, y servirte han; y tú y tus hijos contigo [serviréis] delante del tabernáculo del testimonio.
3 And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.
3 Y guardarán lo que tú ordenares, y el cargo de todo el tabernáculo: mas no llegarán á los vasos santos ni al altar, porque no mueran ellos y vosotros.
4 They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.
4 Se juntarán, pues, contigo, y tendrán el cargo del tabernáculo del testimonio en todo el servicio del tabernáculo; ningún extraño se ha de llegar á vosotros.
5 And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.
5 Y tendréis la guarda del santuario, y la guarda del altar, para que no sea más la ira sobre los hijos de Israel.
6 Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.
6 Porque he aquí yo he tomado á vuestros hermanos los Levitas de entre los hijos de Israel, dados á vosotros en don de Jehová, para que sirvan en el ministerio del tabernáculo del testimonio.
7 But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
7 Mas tú y tus hijos contigo guardaréis vuestro sacerdocio en todo negocio del altar, y del velo adentro, y ministraréis. Yo os he dado en don el servicio de vuestro sacerdocio; y el extraño que se llegare, morirá.
8 Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.
8 Dijo más Jehová á Aarón: He aquí yo te he dado también la guarda de mis ofrendas: todas las cosas consagradas de los hijos de Israel te he dado por razón de la unción, y á tus hijos, por estatuto perpetuo.
9 A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.
9 Esto será tuyo de la ofrenda de las cosas santas [reservadas] del fuego: toda ofrenda de ellos, todo presente suyo, y toda expiación por el pecado de ellos, y toda expiación por la culpa de ellos, que me han de presentar, será cosa muy santa para ti y para tus hijos.
10 You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.
10 En el santuario la comerás; todo varón comerá de ella: cosa santa será para ti.
11 And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.
11 Esto también será tuyo: la ofrenda elevada de sus dones, y todas las ofrendas agitadas de los hijos de Israel, he dado á ti, y á tus hijos y á tus hijas contigo, por estatuto perpetuo: todo limpio en tu casa comerá de ellas.
12 I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.
12 De aceite, y de mosto, y de trigo, todo lo más escogido, las primicias de ello, que presentarán á Jehová, á ti las he dado.
13 The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.
13 Las primicias de todas las cosas de la tierra de ellos, las cuales traerán á Jehová, serán tuyas: todo limpio en tu casa comerá de ellas.
14 Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.
14 Todo lo consagrado por voto en Israel será tuyo.
15 The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.
15 Todo lo que abriere matriz en toda carne que ofrecerán á Jehová, así de hombres como de animales, será tuyo: mas has de hacer redimir el primogénito del hombre: también harás redimir el primogénito de animal inmundo.
16 You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.
16 Y de un mes harás efectuar el rescate de ellos, conforme á tu estimación, por precio de cinco siclos, al siclo del santuario, [que] es de veinte óbolos.
17 But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to sprinkle their blood on the altar and burn their fat as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
17 Mas el primogénito de vaca, y el primogénito de oveja, y el primogénito de cabra, no redimirás; santificados son: la sangre de ellos rociarás sobre el altar, y quemarás la grosura de ellos, ofrenda encendida en olor suave á Jehová.
18 And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.
18 Y la carne de ellos será tuya: como el pecho de la mecedura y como la espaldilla derecha, será tuya.
19 All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”
19 Todas las ofrendas elevadas de las cosas santas, que los hijos de Israel ofrecieren á Jehová, helas dado para ti, y para tus hijos y para tus hijas contigo, por estatuto perpetuo: pacto de sal perpetuo es delante de Jehová para ti y para tu simiente contigo.
20 Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.
20 Y Jehová dijo á Aarón: De la tierra de ellos no tendrás heredad, ni entre ellos tendrás parte: Yo soy tu parte y tu heredad en medio de los hijos de Israel.
21 Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.
21 Y he aquí yo he dado á los hijos de Leví todos los diezmos en Israel por heredad, por su ministerio, por cuanto ellos sirven en el ministerio del tabernáculo del testimonio.
22 No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.
22 Y no llegarán más los hijos de Israel al tabernáculo del testimonio, porque no lleven pecado, por el cual mueran.
23 The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.
23 Mas los Levitas harán el servicio del tabernáculo del testimonio, y ellos llevarán su iniquidad: estatuto perpetuo por vuestras edades; y no poseerán heredad entre los hijos de Israel.
24 For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
24 Porque á los Levitas he dado por heredad los diezmos de los hijos de Israel, que ofrecerán á Jehová en ofrenda: por lo cual les he dicho: Entre los hijos de Israel no poseerán heredad.
25 And the LORD instructed Moses,
25 Y habló Jehová á Moisés, diciendo:
26 “Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.
26 Así hablarás á los Levitas, y les dirás: Cuando tomareis de los hijos de Israel los diezmos que os he dado de ellos por vuestra heredad, vosotros presentaréis de ellos en ofrenda mecida á Jehová el diezmo de los diezmos.
27 Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.
27 Y se os contará vuestra ofrenda como grano de la era, y como acopio del lagar.
28 So you are to present an offering to the LORD from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites, and from these you are to give the LORD’s offering to Aaron the priest.
28 Así ofreceréis también vosotros ofrenda á Jehová de todos vuestros diezmos que hubiereis recibido de los hijos de Israel; y daréis de ellos la ofrenda de Jehová á Aarón el sacerdote.
29 You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’
29 De todos vuestros dones ofreceréis toda ofrenda á Jehová; de todo lo mejor de ellos [ofreceréis] la porción que ha de ser consagrada.
30 Therefore say to the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress.
30 Y les dirás: Cuando ofreciereis lo mejor de ellos, será contado á los Levitas por fruto de la era, y como fruto del lagar.
31 And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting.
31 Y lo comeréis en cualquier lugar, vosotros y vuestra familia: pues es vuestra remuneración por vuestro ministerio en el tabernáculo del testimonio.
32 Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”
32 Y cuando vosotros hubiereis ofrecido de ello lo mejor suyo, no llevaréis por ello pecado: y no habéis de contaminar las cosas santas de los hijos de Israel, y no moriréis.
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
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- 1 Exodus 28:38; 1 Peter 2:24; Acts 20:26–27; Hebrews 4:15; Ezekiel 3:18–19
- 2 Genesis 29:34; Numbers 18:4; Numbers 17:7; Numbers 8:22; 2 Chronicles 30:16
- 3 Numbers 4:15; Numbers 3:36; Numbers 3:25; Numbers 3:31; Numbers 16:40
- 4 2 Samuel 6:6–7; Numbers 3:10; 1 Samuel 6:19; Numbers 1:51
- 5 Exodus 27:21; Leviticus 24:3; Numbers 16:46; Numbers 8:2; 1 Timothy 3:15
- 6 Numbers 3:9; Numbers 3:45; Numbers 3:12; Isaiah 48:15; Ezekiel 34:11
- 7 Numbers 3:10; John 3:27; Romans 15:15–16; Numbers 16:40; Numbers 18:20
- 8 Leviticus 6:16; Exodus 29:29; Leviticus 6:18; Exodus 40:15; Leviticus 7:6
- 9 Leviticus 7:7; Leviticus 14:13; Leviticus 6:25–26; Leviticus 5:1; Leviticus 4:22
- 10 Leviticus 6:29; Leviticus 7:6; Leviticus 6:16; Leviticus 10:17; Leviticus 14:13
- 11 Deuteronomy 18:3; Leviticus 10:14; Exodus 29:27–28; Leviticus 22:1–16; Leviticus 7:14
- 12 Exodus 23:19; Deuteronomy 18:4; Exodus 34:26; Leviticus 2:14; Leviticus 23:17
- 13 Exodus 22:29; Exodus 23:19; Hosea 9:10; Jeremiah 24:2; Micah 7:1
- 14 Leviticus 27:28; Ezekiel 44:29
- 15 Exodus 34:20; Exodus 13:2; Exodus 13:12–13; Exodus 22:29; Numbers 3:13
- 16 Exodus 30:13; Numbers 3:47; Ezekiel 45:12; Leviticus 27:2–7; Leviticus 27:25
- 17 Leviticus 3:2–5; Deuteronomy 15:19–22; Exodus 29:16
- 18 Exodus 29:26–28; Leviticus 7:31–34
- 19 2 Chronicles 13:5; Leviticus 2:13; Numbers 18:11; Leviticus 7:14; Numbers 31:29
- 20 Ezekiel 44:28; Deuteronomy 10:9; Joshua 13:33; Deuteronomy 18:1–2; Lamentations 3:24
- 21 Nehemiah 12:44; Nehemiah 10:37; Numbers 18:6; Deuteronomy 14:22–29; Hebrews 7:5
- 22 Leviticus 22:9; Numbers 3:38; Numbers 18:7; Leviticus 20:20; Numbers 3:10
- 23 Numbers 18:1; Numbers 3:7; Numbers 18:20
- 24 Numbers 18:26; Malachi 3:8–10
- 26 Nehemiah 10:38; Numbers 18:21
- 27 Numbers 18:30; Leviticus 6:19–23; Deuteronomy 15:14; Hosea 9:1–2; 2 Kings 6:27
- 28 Genesis 14:18; Hebrews 6:20–7:10
- 30 Matthew 10:37–39; Numbers 18:27–28; Malachi 1:8; Genesis 43:11; Deuteronomy 6:5
- 31 1 Corinthians 9:10–14; Matthew 10:10; 1 Timothy 5:17–18; Luke 10:7; Deuteronomy 14:22–23
- 32 Leviticus 19:8; Leviticus 22:2; 1 Corinthians 11:27; Numbers 18:22; Leviticus 22:15–16
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Of whom again Moses says, "They shall have no inheritance, for the Lord Himself is their inheritance." And again, "The priests the Levites shall have no part in the whole tribe of Levi, nor substance with Israel; their substance is the offerings (fructifications) of the Lord: these shall they eat." Wherefore also Paul says, "I do not seek after a …